The Pascack Valley is the name for a region of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, United States, contained within
Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Pascack Brook Pascack Brook is a tributary of the Hackensack River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
History
At least one late 18th-century map calls the brook "Great Pascack River." Its tributary Musquapsink Brook is shown as "Little Pascack River. ...]
. The region consists of eight municipalities:
Montvale,
Park Ridge,
Woodcliff Lake,
Hillsdale,
Westwood,
River Vale
River Vale is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. River Vale is the easternmost municipality in an area of the county referred to as the Pascack Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 9,6 ...
,
Washington Township, and
Emerson.
Entities named after the valley
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Pascack Valley Regional High School District serving students from Hillsdale, Montvale, River Vale and Woodcliff Lake. It operates two schools:
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Pascack Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School (PVHS) is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school located in Hillsdale in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of two secondary schools in th ...
, Hillsdale
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Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School (PHHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two secondary schools serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County, New ...
, Montvale
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Pascack Valley Line
The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the United States. The line runs north from Hoboken Terminal, through Hudson County and Bergen County in New Jersey, and into Rockland Co ...
, operated by
New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...
, offers service to
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...
, and to New York City via the
Secaucus Junction
Secaucus Junction (known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages and signed simply as Secaucus) is a NJ Transit Rail Operations commuter rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The $450 million, station opened on December 15, 2003, and was ded ...
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Pascack Valley Hospital, former hospital in Westwood, now re-opened as the Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley
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Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley
Pascack Valley Medical Center formerly known as Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley is a full-service boutique hospital located in Westwood, New Jersey, at the site of the former Pascack Valley Hospital. Owned 35% by Hackensack ...
, Westwood
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Pascack Valley Community Life', weekly newspaper
Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce websitePascack Historical Society, Park Ridge
See also
* ''The Pascack Valley Line: A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad''
References
External links
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ttps://archive.today/20010425032049/http://206.20.4.4/communities/pascack.htm Overview of Pascack Valley TownsPascack Valley Line HistoryPascack Valley Regional High School DistrictGreater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce websitePascack Historical Society
Geography of Bergen County, New Jersey
Regions of New Jersey
Valleys of New Jersey
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